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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-08-27
OUR STATE TICKET.

Even our Democratic opponents adj
nit that the State ticket nominated on
Wednesday by the Republican State
Convention is one of the strongest ever
offered the people. Mr.. Brooks is a
representative citizen of Baltimore, and
his two associates Oh the ticket are not
whit behind him in all the essential
qualifications for the positions for which
they have been nominated.
Walter Booth Brooks, the candidate
| for Governor, is the son OF the late
| Chauncey Brooks, who was a prominent
| Wing and during the war staunch
Union man. Mr. Brooks was born in
| Baltimore and is about % years of age.
| He is at present president OF the Canton
Company as also Of the Merchants Club
| and is noted ior hIS business ability and
for his genial manner He has never
taken any very prominent part in politics
but has always been regarded as a
staunch Republican.
Robert b. Dixon, the candidate for
| Comptroller, is a substantial business
man of E4Ston. Talbot county, of which
he is native. He comes of an old Quaker
family, and his father, James Dixon, is
still living. In 1852 Mr.. Dixon was elec
ted to the Legislature. He Is a director
of the EaSt"n National Bank, and also OF
the Maryland Steamboat Company.
Isaac II. Dixon, OF the firm of Smith
Dixon 4 Co. the well known paper deal
ers OF South Charles street. and VIM. 7
Dixon, president OF the National Elk
change Bank of B Gilmore. are brothers
OF the candidate for Comptroller. Mr.
Di, Oh is deservedly popular on the
| Shore He is of modest and retiring
disposition, but is 4 man of great individ
! uahty and force of character.
Francis Miller, the candidate for At
Springs, Montgomery county. He was
born in Alexandria county, Va, in 1929
lie was graduated from Yale College il
the class OF 1872 after which he taught
school at Alexandria, Va, and in Mont
gomery county. He studied law undel
A. c. Riddell. of Washington, where BIZ
has since practiced. Mr.. Miller was as
siStant United States attorney for thu
District OF Columbia in 1876 and 1871
and for the past eight years, until June
1850, when he resigned, assistant corpor
alton attorney for the city of Washing
ton. He ran once for circuit judge, blu
was defeated by Judge Richie, the Dem
ocratic nominee, and two years ago wa
the Republican candidate for Comp
troller.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-08-27
JOHN K. UOWAN APPEARS.
lie Endorses the Republican Ticket and
scores the Regular Democracy.

Sc freely hal Mr.. Miller begun to speak
| when David w. Sloan, of WaShiu gtou
| county, appeared in the doorway at the end
| of the middle aisle and advanced toward
| the platform. Beside him was a tall geu-
tlemau dressed in gray and carrying in h $
| hand a light hat with wide black band
| At sight OF tins gentleman the convention
| eclipsed all its previous feats of applause. .
| Slowly Mr.. Sloan, his arm linked with thai
of the diStiuguished-lo looking gen ienan in
| gray, moved tow ird the platform, where
| Mr.. Miller, unablt to make himself heard
| had sat down beside Chairman McCuinas.
| Mr.. Sloan led his companion to the platform
and then assembled the steps. The cheering
! continued without sign of abatement. Ar
irving beside the president desk, Mr.. Sloan
reliuquiSh,d his hold of the gentleman in
gray, who shook hands with Mr.. McComas,
| aud then faced the convention and bowed.
Three times he eSsaved to speak, but the
enthusiasm of the delegates had not been,
to their minds, sufficiently expressed, and
they kept on cheering and throwing up
high their ready hats in air.
The gentleman i'll gray was Hon. John X.
Cowan.
At length the tumult grew less. y dee
gate midway the hall shouted "rhree
ch GERS for Cowau
"Hin, Hip. liurrah, Hurrah Hurrahu'
responded the convention. After this mani
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-08-27

POSSIBLY the most significant event
in the Republican State Convention on
Wednesday was the appearance of a
number OF prominent Independent
Democrats for whom Messrs. John X.
Cowan and William L. Marbury were
spokesman. Partizan Democrats pro-
fess to treat Mr.. Cowan's detection
from his party lightly, but before the
campaign is over they may discover
that the conviction of the impossibiiity
of securing needed reforms within the
party" may become more general than
they will be willing to confess.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-08-27
OUR COUNTY TICKET.

We congratulate the Republicans OF
Cecil upon the harmony, good feeling,
and unanimity which characterized
their convention on Monday last, and
upon the judicious selection of the
candidates it has presented the voters
of the county. Rarely indeed has a
political convention assembled in Elk
ton, the deliberations of which pro-
ceeded as smoothly, and in which SO
uniformly prevailed the desire to pre-
sent a ticket, in every sense uneXCep-
tional. The conditions were favorable
to do this. The assembling OF this
convention had not been preceded by
an embittered factional contest, as had
been recently the case in the Demo
cratic ranks, and it is safe to assert,
that no delegates ever assembled in a
county convention, so few of whom
were committed in advance to any par
ticular candidate, or were less embar
rassed by individual pledges. Every
intelligent voter will concede, that the
conditions under which this ticket was
selected, were more favorable for Sc
curing the highest qualification In the
candidates, than those under which our
political opponents recently made their
selections. The formation of power
full combination IN the Democratic party
of the county, strong enough to dictate
its nominations in the persons of men
chosen without special regard to indi-
vidual fitness or demonstrated capacity
for public trust, necessarily must re-
silt in lowering the standard OF individ-
u,l qualification in candidates. As
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-08-27

For Gorcrnor-WALTER Il. Brooks, OF
Baltimore city.
Fo, Cou,ptroHer-EopERr b. DIXON, OF
| Talbot county.
| For cp-Gencrdi-FRANCI MILLER,
OF Montgomery county.
| The Republicans of Maryland assembled
! in state convention in Baltimore on We'd
neslay amid great enthusiasm, and by ac-
| clamaton placed the above ticket in the
| field.
The convention was one Of the largest and
most influential held by the party for sev-
eral years, and its proceedings We're marked
by great unanimity and good feeling, the
only contest being that made by the anti
Airey element in the First Legislative dis
trict of Baltimore City.
The feature of the convention was the
entrance of Mr.. John X. Cowan, the distin-
guishrd anti-ling Democratic orator, and
his friend and co-laborer, young Mr.. VIM.
l.. Marhury. Both geutl men aroused ire
| mtndouS enthusiasm among the EGpubi-
cans by declaring tuey cordially endorsed
aud would work heart and soul for the
ticket hearing the names of Brooks, Dixon
and Miller, and were unqualified in their
| Communication of the platform which de
clared in favor of the ,rilden election law.
Capt. Henry Clay NALL, chairman of the
state central committee, called the conven-
| ton to order about 30 o'clock He made
a brief speech in winch he welcomed the
delegates from the different counties to the
| hall with great deal Of satisfaction and
| COrdialty.
Chairman NALL said the First district
delegation was contested. CAS- | cannot
| decide the merits of the case" said he,
therefore | admit both delegations, giving
! each a half vote The matter Of the contest
will be referred to the committee on Gre
| dentials.'
| Ex-Sheritt Airey arose along the front
| bench, and the eX-Shertf said his dele cation
| had the proper credentials, and asked that
| only that delegation be recugniz ii. Chair.
man Nall, however, refused to change his
| decision, 81 yir z that both delegations would
be admitted. Applause.
"The char is now ready to receive nOmi-
nations for the temporary charm anship, -
announced Chairman Nail.
Hon. Milton q. Urner proposed the name
of Congressman Louis f. McComas, of
Washington county, for the position. APP
plause
Hon. William NJ Marine seconded the
| motion. CAS- Il snip needs a good rudder,
50 Il convention needs "A good chairman"
said lee, ".tnd Mr.. McComas, who has
steered the Republicans of the Sixth dis
trict so successfully, can just as success
fully steer this convention"
Amid great cheering Mr.. McComas was
chosen by reclamation, and upon taking
the chair made "A ringing speech.
At the conclusion of the chairnan's adj
dress temporary secretaries We're chosen
and ComiAtter on credentials selected.
Mr.. EnOch Noyes represented Cecil on this
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-08-27

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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-08-27

Permanently vaiiabIc far It's Local as 'reH as zen
erai IqicHigeHce Aers Communications are respect
tuiiy solicited from all sections Of the county, ~
addition to the treckly contributions Of IFS regular
orpS Of correspondents. anonymous conlmuRtca-
ions lciH receire no alteration. the name OF the
crfer being requirea in all cases as guarantee Of
good faith.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-08-27

THERE is a universal demand all over
the county for a change in the local
administration of its affairs. To meet
this demand, the Republican conven-
ton on Monday nominated men whose
names are the guarantee OF better home
government
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-08-27

THE empty pocket books of our pa
tent farmers, mechanics, and tax payers
generally, are silent but no less eloquent
advocates for a better and more
economical administration of local af-
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-08-27
Meetings of County Commissioners.

The regular meetings of the Comfy Commits
Sioncrs Will be held on the second Tuesday Of
every month. Persons haVin" accounts to hc
stated or settled viii apply to the CLERK during
the recess oi the Board All claims against the
county must be Med III the Comm Sioucr>' Office,
with legal vouchers attached as no account Will
bc allowed not properly chargeahIe to the same.
BY order JOHN =. RbSSEI.L. CLERK
AM. OFT L,nunLN Gnmm issInnnrS Ec.ll CmmulN-
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-08-27
fs,iHila SMALL DWELLING HOUSE.

- also a NEW FRAME STABLE Tor four
head OF horses ami other outhuildn@S. The icnc-
ing is good. There is peach orchard OF about
500 well selected and thrifty trees, year old.
The above properties are about six miles rom
railroad station at North East, and within mtic
and a-haIi of Il wharf the Elk River where
there is constant communication with Philadcl-
phia ana Baltimore by steamboat and sailing
vessels. Located upon the banks OF the Elk. the
upportuuitic, Tor fishing and shooting are unSur
passed.
TERMS.-Onc-thrd cash, onethird in six
months and ouc-third in twelve months from day
of sale Deferred payments to be secured to sat
isiaction OF assIguceS. Terms may be varied to
suit purchasers. Cost OF deeds to he paid by pur
chasers.
Sale pcrcmpt"ry. N. :. EVANS,
JOHN :. WIRf,
J NJ. TEEEE-l., Auct. ASSISuc
Go-tS.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-08-27

The Republican convention on
Monday did an excellent days work.
Now let Republicans the county over
close ranks and elect our ticket.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-08-27

For twenty long years the local Dem
ocratic leaders have held sway in the
county. And now the people want a
change.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-08-27

THERE need be no mud linging at
candidates this fall. The Lord knows
there are reasons enough why the peo-
pie want a change.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-08-27
Viii Use it Again This Fall.
Threshed - bushels OF Wheat Per Acre.
ELK Neck. August 10TH. 1856.


Elk NECK, August l4th, 1856.
To 7. &. STR, NLAND:
have been using the Star Bone Phosphate
with other rhoSphateS and think it pays me bet
ter than the best OF them nn either Corn or Wheat
ami intend to use il this fall Tor Wheat
1GurS, Nc. WIN. l.. CROUCH
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-08-27
IT is the ticket to win.

The general favor with which the
ticket nominated on Monday has been
received is a prestige of it's success.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-08-27
222 Z ACRES
DWELLING HOUSE. mi.

containing eight large rooms: large 1870
Stone Barn and Stable complete in all appoint
mentS Il Hay House. making storage room for $"
tons OF hay. Corn Cribs, ample W ,%on and Cattle
sheds. Granary. Carriage House. lee House,
Smoke House, Wood shed and other buildings all
in excellent repair. There is well OF good water
at the door, ana the barn is supplied with water
from a ciStern.
NO. -.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-08-27
Always Given The lscst Results.
ELK Neck, August l4th. 1883.
7. G. STRItKL

7. G. STRIt KLANp:
Dddr Sir have used your Star Bone PHos
phate alongside OF ether Phosphatcs costing Il,
mach and the Star Bone has always given TIA,
best results and l will use il on Wheat this fail
Yours truly, PHIL. L.. GROVES
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-08-27

clinton, MD, Aug. nth, 1855.
7. c. STRICKLAND, ESQ:
Dear SRI have used your Star Bone ThoS-
phatc on Wheat and Corn Tor several years and it
has given me entire satistactiun and l intend to
use II on wheat TINS tall. Yours. 40.
NM. j. WILSON.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-08-27
Summer BOarderS.

A few SUMNER BOARDERS can be acrurH-
dated at Il delightful location on Elh River, about
three miles from Eiktoa. Nd. Location high
surroundings healthy. Excellent water, pure
milk and fruit on the farm. Correspondence So
lIctcd. Address. MRS. WM. JEFfERS.
June lit Elktun. Md
WANTED-To Borrow $4,000 on
w First Mortgage ON farm Of lGo acres. near
Port Deposit. Apply to JONES y IL AlNES.
Aur i3-tt flktun Md
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Always Given Entire Subtraction.


Dear Sri have used your star Bone fhos-
plate ANA it haS always given me entire Sati>ac-
tlun. and intend To use ii this fall ON Wheat
Yours truly, l.. a. RlCARnS.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-08-27
1t Pays Kim Better Than Any Other.

=. &. STRICELANu:
near SRI have used your Star Bone Phos-
phate on Corn. Oats and Wheat, and l think it
pays me better than any other phosphate | have
used. and l will use it on Wheat this tall.
Yours Sr JOHN r. LEE.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-08-27

ELK NECK, Aug. 18th, 1855.
+. &. STE!CKLANp:
| Dear &r:-I have used your star Bone Phus-
! pirate alongside OF other phosphate costing the
! same money AMI have got the best results from
the Star Bone. and will Use II on Wheat this fail.
Respectfully. CHARLES ULARI.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-08-27

a Large and Representative State Conven
ton of the Republican Farty-Enthusi
assn and Harmony the Order of the
Day-A Strong Ticket Put III the
proarious Applause
John X. Cowan's Ap-
pearance- Independent
Democratic support
PromiSed-Ihe
Platform,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1887-08-27
REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS

FOR THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES:
CHARLES w. WILSON,
IOHN S. SETTLE,
PHILIP NJ. GROVES.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-03-24

some people and the slaughter house and
BOland's stock farm south of town. Bis
marck is on a high terraced bluff forty
feet above the water. so there is no danger;
neither is there any danger of the railroad
track being submerged on this side The
river boats have been thronged all day, and
mingled with the throng are over two
b undred emigrants en- route to Washington
Territory, who are awaiting to get across
the river.
Superintendent O'Den arrived TO day and
made a personal examination of the dam
age 70 the trestle at Mandan leading TO
bridge. He says that it will not require
over one day TO repair the damage thus far
done after the water goes down. The con
dition of the track between the bridge and
Mandan Is, however, an uncertain problem.
In 1881 over mile of track was washed
out and the rails twisted in every conceiy-
able shape. II is not unllkely
that similar state of affairs
exists this year, although the flow of ice
across the Mandan bottom has not been as
rapid this year as in the 81 flood. From
the bluffs on the Bismarck side can be seen
huge cakes of ice piled up in the streets of
Mandan as far as McCOy's brick store
while the water extends on up toward the
Inter Ocean hotel.
To correct exaggerated reports the
following was sent out from Mandan on the
goth: The report concerning the inundation
of Mandan is utterly false. No water has
entered the streets from the Miss Juri or
Heart rivers but anxiety prevails among
Mandan inhabitants for the poor people liv-
ing on low lands near Bismarck. Business
is going on as usual The only damage
done has been to the trestle work of the
bridge and TO the track two miles east OF
Mandan. No telegFaphic communication
between Mandan and the East yet. A party
will cross the submerged low lands ON to-
f1prFoyy
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-03-24
ADog Lives Forty Days on water.

Pail Mall Gazette. the last meet
ing of the French Society of Biology,
DR.. Laborde read an interesting paper
which throws some light on the com
plcated problem of inanition raised by
the fast of Merlatti. On this occasion.
however, the problem concerned dogs,
and not men.
One dog, weighing thirty-One pounds,
condemned to complete fast, died on
the twentieth day. Another of the
same weight and race, but which was
allowed to drink water, was still brisk
and lively on the twentieth day The
experiment was continued up to forty
days, and might have been pushed
longer, the dog being in fair state of
health.
On the twentieth day the dog tina
died weighed only four pounds; the
other cne weighed nineteen pounds,
ana from that moment it lost less in
comparison every day, till on the for
tieth Day it weighed fifteen pounds and
a quarter.
During the forty days it drank near
" eight pounds of water, drinking less
and less as the fast continued. As re-
CARDS the question Of the resumption of
nourishment, the dog settled it by eat
ing two pounds and half of soup and
two pounds of meat, without any un-
pleasant consequences. and it is now in
first-class condition.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-03-24
An Emperor in Love.

The recently-published correspond
ence of Queen Catherine of Westphalia
gives this description of Napoleon |.
just before his marriage with Maria
Louisa:
"You have no conception. my dear
father, how enamOred he is of his future
wife. His head is in blaze of excite
ment am unable to give an idea of;
not a day passes he does not send one
of his ehamberlins charged like Mercury
with the messages of the great Jupiter.
He has shown me five of these epistles,
which are not altogether those of St.
Paul. He says that when heis married
he will give peace to the world and all
his time to Zaire. To show you to what
pitch he is occupied about the Arch
duchess l will tell you that he has sent
for tailors and shOemakers and ordered
them to dress him with the utmost care,
and he is learning to waltz. These are
things you nor could have imagined. "
The marriage took place the LIST of
April. The 18th she writes:
The Emperor has become invisible
for his family, and the Empress receives
no one but the Queen of Naples; all the
other sisters and sisters-in-law are kept
out in the cold. You may guess that in
such state of things it is impossible to
transact any important business. No
reply is given to a request for audience,
and my husband has been able to see him
only since we came to Compiegne."
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1887-03-24

One never hears of tourist going see
Ond time TO bask in the splendors of trOp-
zeal scenery. The reason for this is be-
cause, not to put too fine point upon
it, there is no tropical scenery. The
South has its magnificent magnolias.
with their dark-green, glossy leaves and
dazzling white flowers, its pines and its
palmettos, its fragrant orange trees,
its never fading flood of moonlight
turning night into day and the phSs-
phorescent sea into a blazing mirror:
but it has no scenery. The generally
aspect of every Southern landscape up-
on which my ewes have rested, from
Charleston, 5. c., to Pernambuco, in
Brazil, is that of gray, colorless.
dead. and dying waste of vegetation,
in which there is nothing attractive or
even tolerable. The magnolia, sepa-
rated from its natural associates Of
gray moss and dead creepers. and
transplanted to the lawn, becomes 2
splendid tree with the landscape garden
er's care; but a single tree is not seem
cry. Considered singly there are many
beautiful flowers. shrubs, and trees in
the hot ATTITUDES; but collectively, in its
natural state, the Southern forest is a
dreary, sun-burned jungle. 1t cannot
for a moment be compared to the
brightness and freshness Of our North
ern desiduous trees, or even our peren-
NAL pines.-DetrOit Free Press.